Blotter holder



April 15, 1930. c, PARTELL 1,754,368

BLOTTER HOLDER Filed Dec. 29, 1928 INVENTOR. F1750 C 'PAFTELL Patented Apr. 15, 1930 burrs T FE-ICE nan-n 1c. *PARTEIEL, or LEWISTON, MAINE IBLOT TER HOLDER Application filed December 29, 1928. Serial No. 329,121.

This invention relates toblotter holders and more particularly to that type embody ing a holderbody having a "longitudinally convex surface upon which a blotter is to e beheldfthe body being provided with a handlevthereby the device may be readily manipulated inapplying-the blotter to the surface 'tobe blot'tedpand one of the objects of the present invention is to provide an extremely losimple andin'expensive means for retaining and securingin place :the ends of the blotter "sheet'so that the sheet will be held in snug :CKJIlttt-Ct'Witll the convex'surface of the blotter Another objectof the invention is to provide a blotter holder inwhich the retaining means fortheiendsfof the blotter is devoid (if any pivoted or other moving parts which would be "liable to become disarranged, each retaining member being formed from asingle strand of resilient wire and assembled with the'body of thebldtter "holder by a simple arrangement insuring 01": a stable and secure connection of the member with the holder body.

While the accompanying drawings and the description which is to follow, constitute a disclosure of the preferredembodiment of the invention, it will be understood that va rious changes may be made within the scope of what is claimed.

In the accompanying drawlngs:

sectional view illustrating the manner in which the ends of the blotting sheet are anchored;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of one end of the top member orcap section of the body of the holder.

planes. prises a topsection 4; which is united to'the The device embodying the invention comprises a bodymember 1which is -preferatily of wood and which has a fiatupper side-indioated by the numeral 2 andhas its under side,

which is indicated by the numeral 3, convexly curved from endito end,'.the side faces of the body preferably occupying parallel vertical The body of the device further comliat upper side 2 of the bodyl, preferably by adhesive, and which is-provided, centrally,

face 2 and convex undersurfac'e 3 ofthebod 'member'l merge-substantiallyata sharp end edge which-is inregistration with the respective end edgeofthe top section 4 of'the body and the invention ccntemplates'the provision, at each end" of the body structure, ofa resilient clip ioranchoring and snugly-holdinga re- "spective'end of the blottingsheet, whichlis indicated by the numeral 6, and which 'isdisposed, asmost clearlyshown in Figures land 5 ofthe drawings, against the surface Zroi the body member 1 and this sheet is preferably of the same marginal dimensions "as the under side 3 ofthe said body member so that it will be marginally inregistration Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the therewith. The retaining clips, "referred to aboveyare each formed from asingle length of resilient WlIG and each clip-comprises a gripping portion which is to grip orengage the end of the blotting paper sheet 6 and which portion comprisesabight Sand side "portions 9 forming a substantially Ll-shaped "loop which is ofsu'ficien't length to su'bstan- 'tially engage the respective end of the blotter sheet 6. The side members-9 of theloop are formed with correspondingly located acute bends 10 to provide extensions ll which are parallel to each other and which,- at-the time of assemblage of the parts oithe devi'ce aredisposed to restilat againsttheupper side 2 of the body hand these side portions 11' have their rear end portionsbentto'extend laterally in opposite directions as indicated by the numeral 12, and studs 13 are driven into the upper face 2 of the body 1 at spaced points so as to engage in the bends between the portions 11 and their end extensions 12 as most clearly shown in Figure 3 of the drawings, the member 7, as a whole, being in this manner securely anchored upon the respective end of the body 1 and with the end of said body and the end marginal portion of the blotter sheet 6 engaging between the loop comprising the portions 8 and 9, and the side members 11, so that the end margin of the blotting sheet will be securely held against the under face 3 of the body 1. In order that the portions 11 and 12 of the two anchoring or clip members 7 may be housed between the upper side 2 of the body 1 and the respective ends of the member 4, the member 4 is formed, in its under side, at each end, with a transverse recess 14 which extends substantially aarallel to the adjacent end edge of the mem er 4 and which is provided with a branch 15, intermediate its ends, which branch opens through the said margin of the member. By refernce to Figure 3, in which figure the recess 14 and its branch 15 are illustrated in dotted lines, it Will be observed that the side members 11 of the clip engage in the branch 15 of the recess 14 and substantially against the side walls thereof so' that the clip is braced against any lateral displacement, and it will also be evident, by reference to this figure and Figure 5 of the drawings, that the angularly turned end portions 12 of the side members 11 of the clip together with the studs 13, are housed within the recess 14.

From the foregoing description of the invention it will be evident that a blotter sheet of the proper dimensions may be readily disposed against the longitudinally convex under face 3 of the body member 1 of the holder and, by slightly springing the loop comprising the bight 8 and side portions 9, of the clips, outwardly, by engaging the finger nail beneath the bight of the respective clip loop, the corresponding end of the blotter sheet may be engaged between this portion of the clip and the longitudinally convex under face 3 of the body 1. The clip, as will be noted from the drawing and the foregoing description of the invention, is anchored in such a manner that it is not liable to become in any Way displaced and, inasmuch as it does not embody any movable part, there is no likelihood of disengagement of the end of the blotting sheet from either clip and therefore the sheet is securely retained in place snugly extending over the under surface 3 of the body member 1 of the holder.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A blotter holder comprising a body member having its under side convexly curved from end to end, studs upon the upper side of the body member, and resilient clips at the ends of the body member each includin spaced side portions and laterally directed ends engaging the studs at the respective end of the body member and a loop including side members constituting angularly directed extensions of the first mentioned side portions, and a connecting bight, the side portions and bight of the loop bearing yieldably against the said under side of the body member at the ends thereof and constituting means for holding the ends of a blotter sheet when such sheet is disposed in surface contact with the said under side of the body.

2. A blotter holder comprising a body member having its under side convexly curved from end to end, studs upon the upper side of the body member, resilient clips at the ends of the body member each including spaced side portions and laterally directed ends engaging the studs at the respectiveend of the body member and a loop including side members constituting angularly directed extensions of the first mentioned side portions, and a connecting bight, the side portions and bight of the loop bearing yieldably against the said under side of the body member at the ends thereof and constituting means for holding the ends of a blotter sheet when such sheet is disposed in surface contact with the said under side of the body, and a top member secured to the upper side of the body membe' and having recesses in its contacting fac accommodating the clip side portions ano their laterally directed ends and also the said studs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRED C. PARTELL. 

